Shoe-lace fastener



(Nd Model.) F. E. H. GOODENOW. SHOE LACE 'FASTENER.

No. 598,704 I Patented Feb. 8 1898! UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK E. H. GOODENOW, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

SHOE-LACE FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 598,704, dated February8, 1898.

Application filed April 15, 1897- .To all whom it'may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK E. H. GOODE- NOW, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-LaceFastenings, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to construct a shoe-lace fastener whichwill hold the ends of thelace together after the shoe has been laced andwhich is independent of the shoe.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a shoethe lace of which is connected by my improved fastener. 2 is anisometrical represention of the ferrule portion of the fastener. Fig. 3is an isometr rical representation of the double tongue. Fig. 4 is alengthwise section through the fastener and shoe-lace.

My improved fastener consists of a ferrule 1, having the center portion2 of two opposite sides cut away, the remaining portion being providedwith holes 3. A double tongue is shown at Fig. 3, consisting of a centerportion 4 and the pointed ends 5, located at right angles to the centerportion. This double tongue is located between the sides of the ferrule,the ends of the center portion being located in the holes 3, therebyforming a pivotal connection Fig.

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with the ferrule. The ends 6 and 7 of the shoelace are passed into theferrule, one through each end opening and out through the opposite endopening, and one of the prongs of the double tongue will pass throughone end of the lace and the other prong through the other end of thelace, when the parts will appear as shown at Figs. 1 and 4. The tighterthe lace is drawn the more secure will be the hold of the fastening. Bydrawing upon the free ends of the lace the double tongue will be movedupon its pivot until it stands at right angles .to the ferrule, whichwill permit the lace being detached therefrom.

When the shoe has been once laced, the ends of the lace are connected bymy fastener and will remain a part of the lace, as the lace can beunhooked and laced up without disturbing the fastener.

I claim as my invention- A fastener consisting of a ferrule and a doubletongue located within the ferrule extending in its lengthwise directionand having a pivotal connection therewith at about its center.

FREDERICK E. H. eoonENow. Witnesses:

A. O. BEHEL, E. BEHEL.

